[Phenomareva]

Originally Posted by Rix643

Mainly outserved (for instance, Friedsam scored 4 aces in her first service game in the second set). But Val didn't really have an answer to Friedsam's game.
I also missed her figting spirit, as if she knew from the beginning it was a lost match...
Really hated it to see her like that..

That does not sound like her indeed for the fighting spirit. Hopefully it was a bad day at the office and next week will be better in France.

[Phenomareva]

Lera is in the main draw for Limoges 50K, she faces 7th seed Karin Knapp first round. Not easy, but could be worse. Hope you do well here Lera, still some 100 points to defend this year. Hope you find your fighting spririt here again. Good luck

[Tennis Fool]

Lera is on a 4-match losing streak.

Lost to Karin in Limoges, 4 & 2.

Upset by Mallory Burdette at the 100K Poitiers, 3 & 2.

[Phenomareva]

Looks like Lera has lost it a bit at the moment . She will play Nantes next week where she has QF points to defend, but in her currect form it looks like a huge task.

[Mary Chain]

Looks like she finished her match, but can't get a score cause it wasn't on centre court. Hope she won, she's always done well at this tournie, it could pump her back a wee bit.

[Phenomareva]

Well Faith, it seems Nantes brings out the best in Val after all, she won 6-1, 6-3 . Meelis posted the score on the tournament thread. So finally the streak is broken, hope she can continue like this, 2nd round against Ormaechea, good luck, Lera.

BTW, good to see you again here, Faith

[Mary Chain]

Awesome. Hope it gives her mental energy & confidence!

Yes, I'm back , and I'm gonna try to stay for good I've been on a bit of a tennis break for the last months (I guess no Bepa around quite accounts for this)

Last year there was this Russian photographer who covered the tournament, he seemed to be in love with Lera cause last year he shot like 250 pictures of her; and he's still in da place this year! So we may come up with lotsa pics. I'll check them out and post them tonight.

[Phenomareva]

Same here too, although I have been around here occasionally, hope it will be much better and busier in 2013.

Yeah, great if there will be pics again like last year, those were awesome indeed

[Mary Chain]

I'm knackered, I'm looking for the pics tomorrow xx

[Tennis Fool]

Originally Posted by Faithnareva

Yes, I'm back , and I'm gonna try to stay for good I've been on a bit of a tennis break for the last months (I guess no Bepa around quite accounts for this)

Nice to see you back, although I understand the lack of activity due to your fav player being absent!

Last year there was this Russian photographer who covered the tournament, he seemed to be in love with Lera cause last year he shot like 250 pictures of her

You sure that wasn't Rix?

Anyway, Lera now has a 5-0 h2h against Renata

Glad Lera was able to break her losing streak. Hope she continues to win. She leads Paula, 1-0.

[Mary Chain]

Originally Posted by Tennis Fool

You sure that wasn't Rix?

Haha no, he seems to be Russian, he has a Russian name anyways, Sergey something

[Mary Chain]

She lost 3-6 3-6 to Ormaechea. That was quite to be expected even if I had a little hope. Ormaechea had just beaten Muguruza in the previous round.

Lera may simply be exhausted, it's been quite a draining season for her, at a new stage. Dunno if she has other tournaments planned after this one. She should just stop for the year, rest and train.

[Mary Chain]

I was wrong, his name is not Sergey, he is Andrey Sakharov.

[reinel]

Haciendo un balance en este 2012, Valeria inicio el año muy bien pero no logro mantener la regularidad durante todo el año, Feliz Navidad y prospero 2013 lleno de muchos partidos ganados.

Te esperamos el otro año por colombia

[Mary Chain]

She's #5 in MD entry list for 50K Ankara in 2 weeks.